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Hans Globke served as the Undersecretary of State and Chairman of the Chancellery in West Germany.

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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
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Multiple sources show Hans Globke held a senior post in the West German Chancellery from 1953 to 1963, described as State Secretary (CIA document, UCSB essay) or Under-Secretary of State and Chief of Staff (Wikipedia, Alchetron).

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… but, you know, and and like I said, yeah, network government, in addition to the obvious in fact, the occupation and things, um, and the division of the country, the the Zionists and and the the occupation authorities really had no right to short hairs. Hans Glabke, for Globka, he was the Undersecretary of State and the Chairman of the Chancellery, and he was basically Edna hour's, um, right hand on particularly in matters of of of foreign policy and war and peace questions. He was a career Prussian civil ser- servant and later he directly contributed to the drafting of the Nuremberg Race Laws. …
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What we found

Supports. A CIA document describes Globke as State Secretary in Adenauer's Federal Chancellery, calling him the second most influential man in West Germany.[1]

Supports. A primary-source UCSB essay states Globke served as State Secretary of the Chancellery from 1953 to 1963 and ran the Chancellery.[2]

Supports. Wikipedia and Alchetron state he was Under-Secretary of State and Chief of Staff of the German Chancellery in West Germany from 1953 to 1963 under Chancellor Adenauer.[3][4]

Supports. An ELTE lecture describes Globke as Federal Secretary of State and Chief of Staff in the West German Chancellery from 1953 until 1963.[5]

Context. The Anne Frank House describes him as secretary general to the Chancellor and head of a secret service, consistent with a senior Chancellery role.[6]

Sources

6 sources: 2 primary, 4 not rated

  1. 1September 2nd 1040�cia.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
  2. 2[PDF] Hans Globke Trial in East Berlin 1963marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu · primary source · cited for: supports
  3. 3Hans Globke - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
  4. 4Hans Globke - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopediaalchetron.com · not rated · cited for: supports
  5. 5The Globke Effect: The Political Conditions of Historical ... - ELTE TáTKtatk.elte.hu · not rated · cited for: supports
  6. 6Trial of former Nazi Hans Globke | Anne Frank Houseannefrank.org · not rated · cited for: context

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